World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany: Vol. 25/9 Neuroengineering, Neural Systems, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics

Front Matter....Pages -
Study on a High Performance Shoes by Using Silicon Rubber Elements with Human Compatibility....Pages 1-4
Paraplegic Using a Reciprocating Gait Orthosis (RGO) with Functional Electrical Stimulation....Pages 5-8
Habilitation Aid for Children with Balance Disorders....Pages 9-12
Prototype Walker for children with cerebral palsy....Pages 13-16
Analysis of Joint movements and muscle length during sit-to-stand at various sitting heights in the Korean elderly daily life....Pages 17-19
Haptic robot for arm and wrist rehabilitation....Pages 20-23
Movement Analysis by Accelerometry of Newborns for the Early Detection of Movement Disorders due to Infantile Cerebral Palsy....Pages 24-27
Patient-Specific Finite Element Models of Transtibial Amputation in Several Prosthetic Users: The Inter-Subject Variability....Pages 28-31
Development of a Corrugated Polyimide-Based Electrode for Intrafascicular Use in Peripheral Nerves....Pages 32-35
Analysis of Gait Rhythm Variability in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis....Pages 36-39
Anatomy of the human cochlear nucleus in relation to auditory brainstem implants....Pages 40-43
Estimation and Evaluation of Upper Limb Endpoint Stiffness and Joint Torques for Post-stroke Rehabilitation....Pages 44-47
Neuroelectronic interfaces with the central nervous systems – ethical issues....Pages 48-51
Ultrasound Pre-study of the Kinematics of the Residual Tibia within a Trans-Tibial Socket during Gait....Pages 52-54
Development of Unconstrained Rigidity Measurement System for Quantitative Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 55-56
Measurement of Eye and Head Position in Neurological Practice....Pages 57-60
Virtual Reality and Robotics for Neuro-Motor Rehabilitation of Ischemic Stroke Patients....Pages 61-63
ARMassist: A low-cost device for telerehabiltation of post-stroke arm deficits....Pages 64-67
Application of 3D modeling and modern visualization technique to neurosurgical trigonocephaly correction in children....Pages 68-71
Peripheral Inductive Stimulation: Physical Issues and Advanced Technological Solutions....Pages 72-75
A Neuronal Network Model with Plasticity for Tinnitus Management by Sound Therapy....Pages 76-79
Modular Prosthesis of the Larynx for Application in Laryngectomees – A Theoretical Approach....Pages 80-83
A novel method exploiting the nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in rehabilitation of hemiplegic gait....Pages 84-87
Compact Assistive Rehabilitation Devices– Concept and Preliminary Function Test....Pages 88-91
Feasibility of selective robotic support of foot clearance with continuously adapting impedance levels....Pages 92-95
Diffusion Limited Tapered Coating with Parylene C....Pages 96-99
Electrical Characterization of Platinum, Stainless Steel and Platinum/Iridium as Electrode Materials for a New Neural Interface....Pages 100-103
Position Decoding of Hippocampal Place Cells....Pages 104-106
A Novel Assembly Method for Silicon-Based Neural Devices....Pages 107-110
Gait Posture Estimation by Wearable Acceleration and Gyro Sensor....Pages 111-114
Automobile, which can Control an Autonomic nervous system....Pages 115-118
Polymer-Based Approaches to Improve the Long Term Performance of Intracortical Neural Interfaces....Pages 119-122
Development of a Neural Interface for Artificial Limbs....Pages 123-123
Orthopedic Testing – A device for sagittal and transversal knee stability detection....Pages 124-126
ARMin - Exoskeleton Robot for Stroke Rehabilitation....Pages 127-130
Comparative Study on the Posture of Individuals with and without Cervical Pain....Pages 131-134
Functional Assessment of Orthopedic Aids Using Open Vertical MRIs....Pages 135-137
Bioelectric Source Localization in the Rat Sciatic Nerve: Initial Assessment Using an Idealized Nerve Model....Pages 138-141
Development of a New Wearable Monitoring System for Posture Changes and Activities and its Application to Rehabilitation....Pages 142-145
An Improved Method for Dipole Modeling in EEG-Based Source Localization....Pages 146-149
Machines to support motor rehabilitation after stroke....Pages 150-153
FEM-based investigation of spatial stimulation properties of a multi-electrode probe with micrometer-size electrodes for cortical and DBS applications....Pages 154-157
Silicon Microprobe Systems for Neural Drug Delivery: Experimental Characterization of Liquid Distribution....Pages 158-161
A measurement set-up to determine the charge injection capacity of neural microelectrodes....Pages 162-165
Patient-Cooperative Control: Providing Safe Support without Restricting Movement....Pages 166-169
Estimation of Physical Performance for Elderly People via Markerless Sit to Stand Analysis....Pages 170-173
Using a P300 Brain Computer Interface for Smart Home Control....Pages 174-177
The use of muscle “creep” as opposed to relaxation in stretching braces: a pseudoelastic device....Pages 178-181
Customizable neuro-mechanical model of a hemiplegic elbow interacting with a pseudoelastic dynamic orthosis....Pages 182-185
The Use of Radio Frequency Identification System for Wheelchair Security System....Pages 186-189
A Lightweight Approach for Activity Classification on Microcontrollers....Pages 190-193
Field applications of a prosthetic mobile measuring system....Pages 194-196
Force fluctuations in a simulated motoneuron pool....Pages 197-200
Effect of passive stepping on the H-reflex in the wrist flexor....Pages 201-202
On the Efficacy of Haptic Guidance Schemes for Human Motor Learning....Pages 203-206
Design and Development of Acrylic Die for Hip Bone Joint Casting....Pages 207-210
Pupillary Responses during Learning of Inverted Tracking Tasks....Pages 211-214
Instantaneous Gaze-Target Detection by Empirical Mode Decomposition: Application to Brain Computer Interface....Pages 215-218
Using virtual reality for an autonomous navigation with electric wheelchairs....Pages 219-222
Design of a new prosthetic mechanical system used in human ankle joint disarticulation....Pages 223-226
Development of a Telemetric Goniometer....Pages 227-230
Artificial Prehension and the Detection of Object Slip....Pages 231-234
Influence of Base Material of TRUCT Braille on Readability of TRUCT Braille....Pages 235-238
Functional evaluation of a micro-fabricated planar multielectrode probe for in vivo neuronal recording....Pages 239-242
Research on the Perceptual Size of Tactile Dots and Bars....Pages 243-246
A Consideration of the Expanded Partial Differential Equations and the Compartment System as the Background of the ABR System....Pages 247-250
Development of the Gait Training System Controlled by Pressure Feed-back....Pages 251-254
Regional absolute quantification in neurochemical profile of the canine brain: Investigation by 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and tissue extraction....Pages 255-258
A Potable System for Foot-Drop Correction using Electrical Stimulation....Pages 259-260
An Implantable Epiretinal Vision Prosthesis for Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients....Pages 261-264
Development of system for estimating muscle force in real-time....Pages 265-266
Sensitivities of Bipolar Subcutaneous and Cortical EEG Leads....Pages 267-270
Patient-Cooperative Control: Adapting Robotic Interventions to Individual Human Capabilities....Pages 271-274
 1 H-MRS study of a depressive animal model for assessment of antidepressant effects....Pages 275-278
Improving BCI Performance by Modified Common Spatial Patterns with Robustly Averaged Covariance Matrices....Pages 279-282
Enhanced perception for visually impaired people evaluated in a real time setting....Pages 283-286
A Preliminary Study of a Power Assist System for Toe Exercise using a Metal Hydride Actuator....Pages 287-290
Rehabilitation Robotics for Outpatient Clinical and Domestic Use....Pages 291-294
Seizure Control in an In-Silico Model of Epilepsy Using Backstepping Technique....Pages 295-298
Walkaround ® Assisted Walking of Stroke Patients....Pages 299-301
Vision and Distance Based Control of Prehension....Pages 302-305
‘InfoCane’ based on wireless technology for the visually-handicapped people....Pages 306-308
To feedback or Not to Feedback? Some Open Questions for Brain-Computer Interfaces Use....Pages 309-311
Calculation of Systemic Aerobic Capacity without Contact Using Pattern Light Projection....Pages 312-315
Functionality of Neuronal Networks Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells....Pages 316-318
Pneumatic Test Device for the Accurate Assessment of Pressure Sensors....Pages 319-322
Design and fabrication of an ultra-flexible electrode system for invasive continuous monitoring during surgery....Pages 323-326
Prototyping all-polymer bioelectrical signal transducers....Pages 327-330
Patient-specific models and simulations of deep brain stimulation for postoperative follow-up....Pages 331-334
Robot-amplified manual exploration improves load identification....Pages 335-338
A New Lightweight, Robust and Forceful Finger for an Artificial Limb....Pages 339-342
Leg Muscles Motion during Whole Body Linear Frequency Sweep Vibration....Pages 343-346
Motion Capture of Patients with Neurological Disorders by HD Digital Cameras....Pages 347-350
Peripheral Arm Nerve Injury Rehabilitation by means of “Virtual Sensibility”....Pages 351-352
Realization of Constant Phase Element in Metallic Electodes for Interference Reduction in Neural Recording Tripoles....Pages 353-357
Comparison of sensor systems for gait phase detection in hemiplegic gait....Pages 358-361
8-Channel Electrotactile Stimulation System for Auditory Information Substitution....Pages 362-365
Intraoperative neural electrode for continuous monitoring of nerve function....Pages 366-369
Density Distribution of Denervated Degenerated Rectus Femoris Muscle in Electrical Stimulation treatment....Pages 370-373
Application of the ACT 3D Robot in the Evaluation of Functional Reaching Performance and the Administration of Experimental Interventions....Pages 374-376
Application of electrode matrix to locate stimulation sites for hand functions of SCI patients....Pages 377-380
Force field compensation can be learned without proprioceptive error....Pages 381-383
Implantable Wireless Cortical Recording Device for Primates....Pages 384-387
Is Posturography a Candidate for a Vigilance Test?....Pages 388-391
Aspects of Weight-Support Mechanisms in Rehabilitation Robotics....Pages 392-394
Studying Mechanisms Underlying Stroke Induced Movement Disorders Using 3-D Robotics....Pages 395-397
Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Classification Intracraneal EEG Signals from Epileptic Patients....Pages 398-401
Electrical Network for Emulation of Saccadic Eye Movements....Pages 402-405
Study toward a Motion Sickness Assessment with Bio-signal indices On Korean Tilting Train eXpress....Pages 406-409
Kinematics Analysis of Chopsticks Manipulation....Pages 410-413
ZigBee-Based Wireless Neuro-Stimulator for Improving Stroke Recovery....Pages 414-417
The effect of clearance upon friction of large diameter hip resurfacing prostheses using blood, clotted blood and bovine serum as lubricants....Pages 418-420
Comparison of k-Means and Bayes classifiers for Human Body Motions Classification....Pages 421-424
The Effect of Computer Use on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome....Pages 425-427
Automated Vigilance Classification based on EOG signals: Preliminary Results....Pages 428-431
A Lexicon Driven P300 Speller....Pages 432-435
Repositioning Precision of EEG-Caps – A Preliminary Study....Pages 436-439
Pick to Place Trajectories in Human Arm Training Environment....Pages 440-443
Subretinal Microelectrode Arrays Implanted Into Blind Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients Allow Recognition of Letters and Direction of Thin Stripes....Pages 444-447
Investigation of the Adaptation to Artificial Damping in Cerebellar Ataxia Using the Myohaptic Technology....Pages 448-451
Analysis of Parkinson gait based on wavelet packet entropy....Pages 452-455
Medium-Cost Electronic Prosthetic Knee for Transfemoral Amputees: A Medical Solution for Developing Countries....Pages 456-459
Human Gait Data Mining by Symbol Based Descriptive Features....Pages 460-463
Novel Control for Ambulation Function Restoration in a Non-invasive Functional Electrical Stimulation System....Pages 464-467
Design of a Hybrid Powered Upper Limb Orthosis....Pages 468-471
Electrodeposition and characterization of iridium oxide as electrode material for neural recording and stimulation....Pages 472-475
Design and Modeling of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton....Pages 476-479
Detection of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials for Brain-Computer Interfaces Using PCA and High-Order Statistics....Pages 480-483
Intensive FES therapy and its effect on the upper limb motor recovery after stroke....Pages 484-487
Dynamics of the Seizure Engine....Pages 488-491
Skin properties and the influence on electrode design for transcutaneous (surface) electrical stimulation....Pages 492-495
Estimation Method of Consumption Energy in Human Activities for Daily Living....Pages 496-501
A Test of Stride Length Measurement with an Accelerometer and a Gyroscope Attached on the Foot....Pages 502-505
Ankle and Knee Joint Angle Measurements during Gait with Wearable Sensor System for Rehabilitation....Pages 506-509
Performance of novel dry electrode EEG cap for evoked potential and band-power activity detection.....Pages 510-513
Development of a shoe-type device for collecting gait information....Pages 514-515
Optical measurements for guidance during deep brain stimulation surgery....Pages 516-517
Trial Study of a Power Presentation Method for Upper-Limb Orthoses....Pages 518-519
Movement of Lower Extremity – Development of a Portable System for Movement Analysis....Pages 520-522
The role of the sEMG signal processing in the field of the Human Movement Analysis....Pages 523-526
Effects of Acupuncture in the Ischemic Model of Diabetes Mellitus Rats....Pages 527-528
The Mechanism of Electro-Acupuncture(EA) Treating Cerebral Ischemia: Whether EA Administered to Mobilization of EPCs?....Pages 529-532
PERFORM: Building and Mining Electronic Records of Neurological Patients Being Monitored in the Home....Pages 533-535
Real-Time Adaptive Neural Predictors for Upper Limb Gestures Blind Recognition....Pages 536-539
The European R&D Project RISE - Use of Electrical Stimulation to Restore Standing in Paraplegics with Long-Term Denervated Degenerated Muscles (DDM)....Pages 540-542
Modulation of stimulation frequency of spinal cord afferents with unchanged intensity and electrode site can induce a variety of movements....Pages 543-545
A biofeedback based portable device to support elderly mobility in the home environment....Pages 546-549
Measurement System of Hand Tapping Capacity for Quantitative Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 550-553
Optimization of Sensomotoric Insoles....Pages 554-557
Modeling the dynamics of recovery in robot-assisted rehabilitation....Pages 558-561
Position of the Head Measured by Digital Photograph Analysis....Pages 562-565
Is the Bottleneck in Multitasking Of Cognitive Origin? Tapping as an Experimental Assessment Tool....Pages 566-569
Superimposition of 2D Pressure Data and 3D Surface Data to Optimize Seat Shells in Rehabilitation....Pages 570-572
Spatiotemporal pixelization Method Based on Vertical Sub-sampling to Improve Reading Ability for Visual Prosthesis....Pages 573-575
Optimizing Visual Cues for Brain-Computer Interfaces....Pages 576-579
Video Game-Based Exercise for Improvement of Calf Muscle Properties: A Case Study....Pages 580-583
Implanted Myo-neural Interface for Upper Limb Prosthesis....Pages 584-587
Implantable Wireless Cortical Recording Device for Primates....Pages 588-591
Closed-loop control of epileptic seizures via deep brain stimulation in a rodent model of chronic epilepsy....Pages 592-595
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